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Volunteers clean up Bali's beach from "worst" monsoon-driven trash
Hundreds of volunteers joined a cleanup in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday as monsoon rains brought what an activist described as "the worst"…
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plastic waste
Lifestyle
NYU doc wants "chemicals of concern" out of plastic products
During last week's "The Future of Plastics: Reducing Waste and Rethinking Materials" event, environmental sustainability and health…
Lifestyle
Recycling's best hope? People want to do the "right thing," expert says
It's no secret that humans produce large amounts of plastic waste globally. But the exact scale of that quantity is often difficult to…
News
UN plastic treaty talks were not a failure, experts say at Newsweek panel
On the heels of global negotiations over a plastic waste treaty, Newsweek Environmental Sustainability and Governance Editor Jeff Young…
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Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
SEOUL — What on earth to do about all the plastic polluting the oceans, the food supply, even our bodies? That is the question that the…
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'Easy, convenient, cheap': how single-use plastic rules the world
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use. Negotiators…